* An interest meeting will be held Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 2:55 to 4:00 p.m. in the Media Center, and regular, weekly meetings will be held every Tuesday after that.

Who can participate? All dedicated sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students who love to read and enjoy the thrill of competition are encouraged. Our final competing team can be no more than 12 members.

What will we do? Team members read from a list of 27 young adult titles, create questions about them, and are tested in their knowledge of the books’ plots, settings, and characters.

When do we meet? Every Tuesday, 2:55 to 4:00 p.m., beginning September 11. Rides must be available promptly at 4:00 p.m. Students whose rides are late more than twice will not be allowed to continue with the team.

Where do we meet? Practice is held in the Media Center.

Why should I participate? Battle of the Books allows students to enjoy great literature, to strengthen reading skills, to spend time sharing books with other readers, and to showcase Seventy-First Classical’s top-notch academic and study skills.

The 2018-2019 North Carolina Middle School Battle of the Books list“The Crossover” by Kwame Alexander
“The Nine Pound Hammer” by John Claude Bemis
“Wild Things” by Clay Carmichael
“Etiquette and Espionage” by Gail Carriger
“Diamonds in the Shadow” by Caroline B. Cooney
“Ashes to Asheville” by Sarah Dooley
“Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper
“Incarceron” by Catherine Fisher
“One for the Murphys” by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
“Paper Things” by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
“Roller Girl” by Victoria Jamieson
“Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America” by Teri Kanefield
“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
“Death Cloud” by Andrew Lane
“White Fang” by Jack London
“Under the Mesquite” by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
“Cinder” by Marissa Meyer
“All of the Above” by Shelley Pearsall
“Ghost” by Jason Reynolds
“The Wednesday Wars” by Gary D. Schmidt
“Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys
“Undefeated” by Steve Sheinken
“Everlost” by Neal Shusterman
“Counting by 7s” by Holly Goldberg Sloan
“Deathwatch” by Robb White
“Beyond the Bright Sea” by Lauren Wolk
“Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson

......................................................................................................................................... Published by Mary Potter on September 1, 2018